Hairy Wood Mint

Blephilia hirsuta

This mint has heads with intermittent tufts of tiny flowers, and additional clumps in upper leaf axils; the flowers are blue or white, with tiny dark specks. Distinctive is the hairiness of the stems, as well as the relatively long petioles (up to 1-1/2 inch) on the ovate, pointed leaves.

1-3 feet, partial sun - partial shade.

Spring-Summer (May-September).

  Fine dark specks are visible in the flowers; note also the hairy stem.

27 June 2020.

Hairy Wood-Mint, 26 June 2020.

After blooming the heads turn reddish.

12 August 2020.